Black Political Class

Pan-African Community Action PACA
DC Government’s Racial Equity Plan is Elite Capture by The State
30 Nov 2022
Racial inequity is the result of racist and capitalist policies and can't be defeated by the self-interested Black political class.
Dylan Rodríguez , Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
Insurgency and Counterinsurgency: An Interview with Dylan Rodriguez
02 Nov 2022
Roberto Sirvent and Dylan Rodriguez discuss the challenges of sustaining radical liberation movements.
Quetzal Cáceres
The Rot of LA’s Neoliberal Democratic Party Politics
26 Oct 2022
The recording of racist remarks by Los Angeles politicians is the tip of a neo-liberal iceberg of political corruption, and the Black political class are of no use to their constituents.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Congressional Black Caucus Continues Its Downward Spiral
05 Oct 2022
The Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference returned with dubious corporate sponsorships and obedience to the democratic party. Joe Biden received a warm welcome which is logical…
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Grandstanding: Mayoral Candidate Karen Bass Says She Can Solve LA’s Homelessness Crisis
27 Jul 2022
As the late Glen Ford said, the Black misleadership class has no shame. Congresswoman Karen Bass's campaign for mayor of Los Angeles is full of empty promises. She proposes nothing that would…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
You Can’t Shame the Shameless Black Misleadership Class
27 Jul 2022
The Black misleaders have been busy selling out Black people for half a century, but are still only barely tolerated by the rich man’s Democratic Party and its racist figurehead, Joe Biden.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Congresswoman Karen Bass and the Will to Intervene
20 Jul 2022
Congresswoman Karen Bass is running for mayor of Los Angeles. She's also Vice Chair of the NED, the CIA's soft power arm. She epitomizes everythng that is wrong with the Black political class.
Erica Caines
Punch Left Move Right: Stacey Abrams and the Democratic Party Shuffle
29 Jun 2022
Stacey Abrams's campaign to become Governor of Georgia features the popular democratic strategy of pretending to be progressive while advocating for right wing issues, such as allocating more money…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
New York Bail Reform Fight
23 Feb 2022
Black legislators in New York are defending their legislation which reduces the use of cash bail.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Eric Adams' Black on Black Crime
09 Feb 2022
The mass incarceration state was built to lock up as many Black people as possible and discussion of even modest reforms is shut down.